Romantic Proposal

She was from the seventh crop of foals sired by Raven's Pass who won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in Europe but is best known for being the first horse trained in Britain to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Ridden by Wayne Lordan she raced in mid-division before taking the lead a furlong out and recorded another comfortable success as she came home 2+1⁄2 lengths clear of the seven-year-old gelding Katiymann.

Carrying a weight of 118 pounds she raced towards the rear of the field before producing a strong late run to take the lead in the final stride and win by a short head from the six-year-old Gulliver.

In the Group 3 Ballyogan Stakes over six furlongs at the Curragh on 2 June she again produced a good late run but was beaten half a length into second place by the favourite Sonaiyla.

Twenty-four days later, over the same course and distance, the mare was ridden by Chris Hayes when she started the 11/4 favourite in a sixteen-runner field for the Listed Dubai Duty Free Dash Stakes.

After being restrained by Hayes in the early stages she made good progress in the last quarter mile, took the lead 100 metres from the finish and won "easily" by 1+1⁄2 lengths from the three-year-old filly Teresa Mendoza.

Despite her defeat the mare was moved to the highest level to contest the Group 1 Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh on 12 September in which she was partnered by Hayes and started at odds of 16/1 in a thirteen-runner field.

The British-trained colt Dragon Symbol (second in the July Cup) started favourite while the other contenders included Glass Slippers, Winter Power, Mooneista, Gustavus Weston and Rohaan (Wokingham Stakes).

Glass Slippers took the lead a furlong out but Romantic Proposal maintained her run, gained the advantage in the closing stages and won by half a length from the 33/1 outsider A Case of You.